Slap-Strum technique (Stop this train - John Mayer)
This has been the story of my week. Trying to learn the thumb slap/ finger flick strumming technique that is used by John Mayer on stop this train. I made a few half attempts before, but this is the first time I spent longer than a few minutes working on it.
Have other people in here learned it?
He essentially slaps down with his thumb while strumming and single note with his index finger. It's quite challenging.
Anyway, the sound is awesome and you should check it out on youtube if you haven't seen it.
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